Andre Mosby appears in court on charges in deadly road rage encounter in Manhattan

NEW YORK -- Andre Mosby, the man accused in a deadly road rage encounter on the Upper East Side, is being held on $50,000 bail after appearing in court Friday. 

Mosby, 26, is charged with manslaughter.

Police say Mosby got into a fender-bender with 54-year-old Roberto Velez-Alvarez on East 60th Street near Park Avenue on Wednesday.

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Investigators say Velez-Alvarez then got out of his truck and used a knife to slash at least one of Mosby's tires.

Mosby then allegedly drove his car into Velez-Alvarez and pinned him against the outside of a cafe.

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Velez-Alvarez was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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